"2002, she began appearing as one of three judges on the Fox reality competition series ""American Idol"", where she won praise as a sympathetic and compassionate judge and mentor. She seemed especially kind compared to fellow judge Simon Cowell, who was often blunt in his appraisals of the contestants' performances. When she realized that Cowell's over-the-top judging style was heartbreaking for many young contestants, Abdul was horrified and she considered leaving the series. Although their differences often resulted in extremely heated on-air exchanges and confrontations, Cowell says he played a major role in convincing Abdul not to leave the series."
"the final: The judges of the competition were: Simon Cowell, who judged ""American Idol"" as well as the original ""Pop Idol"", was very critical of the format. He went as far as to say he hated it, in that it made the winners from the ten other ""Idol"" competitions into losers. Cowell also thought many of the judges were trying to copy his abrasive style. Television critics also panned the programme, particularly as the UK phone voting was profit-making, whereas tradition dictates that Christmas specials of such programmes donate profits to charity. In Canada, the special was watched by 1.9"
"and suggestions that the response from Crawford, Cowell, and Cheryl were mishandled. Louis Walsh Michael Louis Vincent Walsh (born 5 August 1952) is an Irish entertainment manager and former judge on British television talent show ""The X Factor"". Originally from Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Walsh moved to Dublin to get a start in the music industry. He managed Johnny Logan, Boyzone and Westlife, three of Ireland's most successful pop artists in the 1990s and 2000s. In later life, Walsh began an alternative career as a television talent pundit and personality. He was a judge on ""The X Factor"" since the show's"
"Rhonetta Johnson Rhonetta Johnson (born September 5, 1981), also known as Rhonetta, is an American singer, rapper, and model most known for her appearance on season five of ""American Idol"", in which she famously became irate after the judges chose not to pick her; calling out Paula Abdul and the other judges. In 2014 Rhonetta released a remix extended play containing remixed versions of previous releases; the extended play is entitled ""Never Trust a Thot"". Rhonetta appeared on season five of ""American Idol"" for their Greensboro, North Carolina auditions. Johnson burst into the room singing her version of Britney Spears'"
"""The X Factor"" would not be renewed for a fourth season, following Cowell's decision to return to the UK version of the series a day earlier. Simon Cowell was previously a critically acclaimed judge on the enormously successful reality show ""American Idol"", which was the number one show in the United States for eight consecutive seasons. Cowell was also a judge on the original UK version of the show, called ""Pop Idol"", which did not fare so well but he did help the creator sell the franchise to the United States. Cowell wished to create and launch a new show"
"I love about the whole thing is the celebrities will have to deal with a great big production."" She added ""Being nasty is not fun - viewers are sick of people not being very nice to each other. It is about enjoying the acts. I am going to be fair. I know what it feels like to be in an audition and I want to pick up on the positive side."" On the same day, entertainer and comedian Julian Clary was announced as another judge on the show. On each episode Bunton and Clary are joined by a guest judge"
"Controversy and criticism of The X Factor (UK) ""The X Factor"" in the UK has been subject to much controversy and criticism since its launch. As of December 2017, there have been a total of fourteen completed series of the show broadcast on the ITV network. It was reported in tabloid newspapers that the show's audition process was unfair after judge Louis Walsh was accused of cheating. Walsh was thought to have advised Co-Ed on things such as song choices, which caused controversy after it was revealed that Walsh had previously managed the band after they appeared on the Irish"
"Graham Norton Graham William Walker (born 4 April 1963), known professionally as Graham Norton, is an Irish television and radio presenter, comedian, actor, and author based in the United Kingdom. He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for his comedy chat show ""The Graham Norton Show"" and an eight-time award winner, overall. Originally shown on BBC Two before moving to other slots on BBC One, it succeeded ""Friday Night with Jonathan Ross"" in BBC One's prestigious late-Friday-evening slot in 2010. He also presents on BBC Radio 2 and is the BBC television commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest, which"
"A. A. Gill Adrian Anthony Gill (28 June 1954 – 10 December 2016) was a British writer and critic. Best known for food and travel writing, he was ""The Sunday Times""<nowiki>'</nowiki> restaurant reviewer as well as a television critic. He also wrote for ""Vanity Fair"", ""GQ"" and ""Esquire"", and published numerous books. Gill wrote his first piece for ""Tatler"" in 1991, and joined ""The Sunday Times"" in 1993. Known for his sharp wit, and often controversial style, Gill was widely read and won numerous awards for his writing. On his death he was described by one editor as ""a giant"
"BBC's Terry Wogan calling the act ""pathetic"" and asking ""Who selected this eejit?"" during the United Kingdom coverage of the contest. Other commentators, like the Portuguese Eládio Clímaco, didn't translate properly the gay remarks and said ""he was saying that they really look like Greeks"". De Leeuw presented the votes again for the Netherlands at the 2007 contest, and that time did not cause quite as much of a stir as he did the year before. During a 2008 episode of ""Mooi! Weer De Leeuw"", a vegan streaker wanting to draw attention to animal suffering managed to enter the sound"
"first judges vote. Judges' second vote (revealed in order) As Sandilands and Minogue both voted for Benchmark, they won the second judges vote. It is unsure who McFadden would have voted for. Notes Comedian Jordan Paris, who made it through to the semi-finals, was accused of plagiarising his jokes in his audition, of which he performed a routine about English singer Robbie Williams. On 26 May 2011, ""The Gold Coast Bulletin"" reported that the same routine was performed by English comedian Lee Mack in 2007 on the British stand-up comedy show ""Live at the Apollo"". Paris said he was aware"
"wife, Natalia Kills. Both Moon and Kills were fired following the first live screening for bullying and humiliating a contestant. Moon compared the contestant to Norman Bates, and Kills accused him of copying Moon's look. The comments led to widespread condemnation on social media, including a petition to have Kills fired from the show, which reportedly received over 70,000 votes within 24 hours. The show's sponsors, franchise owner and fellow judges also voiced public disapproval of the incident. Willy Moon William George Sinclair (born 2 June 1989), better known by his stage name Willy Moon, is a New Zealand-born musician,"
"revealed that Peter quit as a judge during Idol 2008, none of the other two judges will attend the next season. Peter Swartling Peter Swartling (born 18 November 1964) was one of the Swedish judges on the TV talent show ""Idol"" on TV4. He made it clear that he wouldn't participate in the fourth season of ""Idol"" due to him being forced to commute between Sweden and United States, where he currently lives. However, despite this, he remains to be a judge on the show. He is considered to be one of the most successful talent scouts and producers in"
"Louis Walsh Michael Louis Vincent Walsh (born 5 August 1952) is an Irish entertainment manager and former judge on British television talent show ""The X Factor"". Originally from Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Walsh moved to Dublin to get a start in the music industry. He managed Johnny Logan, Boyzone and Westlife, three of Ireland's most successful pop artists in the 1990s and 2000s. In later life, Walsh began an alternative career as a television talent pundit and personality. He was a judge on ""The X Factor"" since the show's inception in 2004 until 2017 (with the exception of 2015). He has"
"Wulandari, Aris Runtuwene, , , Nowela Auparay, and (listed in chronological order). The series employs a panel of judges who critique the contestants' performances. The original four judges were AMI Awards-winning jazz musician Indra Lesmana, AMI Awards-winning pop singer Titi DJ, Radio announcer and presenter Meuthia Kasim and video director Dimas Djayadiningrat. The judging panel currently consists of musician and solo singer Anang Hermansyah, musician and artist manager Ahmad Dhani, Kotak vocalist Tantri, and AMI Awards-winning pop singer Titi DJ. Other judges who have been a part of the show are television presenter Indy Barends, MTV video jockey and comedian"
"to Hasselhoff's crying when Taylor Hicks won season 5. Sligh was an early favorite of the judges, as all 3 judges spoke of a guy with curly hair who did not look like your typical American Idol. Paula compared him to Penn Jillette from the duo of Penn & Teller, to whom he bears some resemblance. However, by the third week of the semi-finals, after Sligh sang ""We All Wanna Be Loved"" by DcTalk, the judges criticized him more sharply. During the top 24 week, Sligh showed his extensive knowledge of American Idol trivia, which he claimed to have learned"
"Cowell was the only confirmed judge. He later said that he was taking the choices of who to join him on the show very seriously, saying, ""It's pointless hiring judges who don't know anything about the music business. I'll probably go and find someone who did what I did for a living. I was an A&R guy for 20 years."" Eventually, Grammy Award-winning record executive, songwriter, and record producer L.A. Reid, former UK ""X Factor"" judge Cheryl Cole, and Cowell's former ""American Idol"" colleague Paula Abdul Numerous people were speculated to host the series, including ""High School Musical"" star Corbin"
"of Britain's got talent and since 2011 also on ""X-Factor"". He was criticized by people, who do not understand his sens of humor and real intentions, for being extremely harsh on ""X Factor"" contestants and for making racist comments. While translating for Nigerian-born auditionee John James Egwu who spoke limited Polish, he claimed that contestant had answered ""I married a white woman and then ate her"" when asked what he was doing in Poland, and mistranslated ""I studied here"" as ""She was a bit gristly."" Wojewódzki then encouraged the audience to laugh at the contestant. In his talk show, he"
"of some shows gain a lot of popularity outside of the show as well as the contestants, due to their being collectively known to have a ""caustic"" or raw & blunt attitude towards contestants' performances, notably Simon Cowell, Kyle Sandilands, Kuba Wojewódzki, Dieter Bohlen, Ian ""Dicko"" Dickson, Paul Moss, Ahmad Dhani, Titi DJ, Zack Werner, Wyngard Tracy and Anu Malik amongst others. Auditions are held in numerous places in any particular region or country that give most people (audition entry is bound by certain legal requirements such as age and citizenship for example) the chance to sing in front of"
"UK. Fuller sold Pop Idol to Fox in the US, and ""American Idol"" quickly became a No.1 rated show making stars of its presenter Ryan Seacrest as well as judges Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell, as well as many of its performers including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and others. And later the show has featured many more high profiled judges including Ellen DeGeneres, Kara DioGuardi, Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, and Keith Urban. American Idol has since won many awards and has been credited with originating a new form of reality TV. Fuller has been"
"considered controversial within rugby league fan circles for his blunt opinions about the playing and administration of the game. Many of his repetitious commentary catchphrases are used to criticise refereeing decisions: they include ""dear oh dear oh dear"", ""no no no no no"", ""that's ridiculous, that is ridiculous"" and ""modern day gladiators"". Phil is renowned for repeating his point over and over again, e.g. ""that's a try, that's a try, that's a try, that's a try, that's a try."" He won the TV Week Logie Award for ""Most Popular Sporting Commentator"" in 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2008. In the 2014"
"of Stephen Gately's homosexuality when he selected him for Boyzone and has said that, had he known, he would have thought twice before picking him, claiming less than a year before his death that ""it wasn't cool then to have a gay guy in a band"". In 2014, Walsh was a judge on ""The X Factor"" along with Simon Cowell, Mel B, and Cheryl for the United Kingdom. During an interview conducted by Sarah-Jane Crawford on ""The Xtra Factor Live"", Walsh groped Mel B's buttocks. A recording of the interview resurfaced online in early July 2018, prompting condemnation of Walsh"
"would replace Walsh. On 22 June, it was announced that Friedman had stepped down as a judge and would be replaced by Walsh. Friedman remained on the show as a performance coach and choreographer, billed on screen as ""Creative Director"". Suggestions that Walsh's firing and rehiring was concocted to generate publicity were denied. Commenting on Friedman's replacement by Walsh, Osbourne said that there was no ""chemistry"" within the original judging line-up, and that the atmosphere was ""very uncomfortable"". Cowell stated that the atmosphere was ""very weird"". For his part, Friedman said he felt ""incredibly let down with the British talent""."
"them, would be confirmed Colombian singer Juanes. The judges consist of four judges during auditions, but three permanent judges during the final shows. During auditions, the three permanent judges will be joined by a special guest that will be different for each city where auditions are held. On December 1, 2010, there was media speculation about the possible involvement of Italo Passalacqua, a music, film and television critic and commentator for the Viña del Mar International Song Festival. However the negotiations did not reach a positive outcome and he was dropped. Another nogeciation was revealed in December 2010, was the"
"on the first season of ""American Idol"" in 2002. With his notoriously critical reputation, Cowell has been likened to TV personalities such as Judith Sheindlin, and Anne Robinson of her show. Cowell's prominence grew, fed by his signature phrase, ""I don't mean to be rude, but ..."", inevitably followed by an unsparingly blunt appraisal of the contestant's talents, personality, or even physical appearance. A lot of these one-liners were the product of coaching that Cowell received from noted publicist Max Clifford (who was sacked by Cowell after being convicted of sex offences as of May 2014). Cowell also appeared on"
"has long been scorned by experts in the field, for a variety of reasons. It is regarded by many as a publicity stunt. Marvin Minsky scathingly offered a ""prize"" to anyone who could stop the competition. Loebner responded by jokingly observing that Minsky's offering a prize to stop the competition effectively made him a co-sponsor. The rules of the competition have encouraged poorly qualified judges to make rapid judgements. Interactions between judges and competitors was originally very brief, for example effectively 2.5 mins of questioning, which permitted only a few questions. Questioning was initially restricted to ""whimsical conversation"", a domain"
"as the act with the fewest public votes. Mel B did not appear on the judging panel on Saturday's show due to illness and was replaced by former judge Tulisa. Andrea Faustini received the fewest public votes and was automatically eliminated. Includes advert breaks In July 2014, it was reported that auditionee Adam Miller was suing producers of the show for ""cruel"" treatment, claiming that they urged him to audition and persuaded him that he ""wouldn't be embarrassing"" himself, but he was then laughed at by Cowell during his audition which caused much controversy. Miller reportedly required counselling, and said,"
"later married on the island. Paul and Alex separated in 2013, after he admitted to an affair with his ""The American Baking Competition"" co-host Marcela Valladolid, reconciled, then separated again in November 2017. Paul Hollywood Paul John Hollywood (born 1 March 1966) is an English celebrity chef, best known for being a judge on ""The Great British Bake Off"". He began his career at his father's bakery as a teenager and went on to serve as head baker at a number of hotels around Britain and internationally. After returning from working in Cyprus, Hollywood began appearing in guest spots on"
"media outlets reported on an exchange between judge Harry Connick Jr. and contestant Quentin Alexander noting the incident of Connick scolding a contestant was awkward. On the live airing of the Top 6 show, there were three contestants who had not been saved when Alexander was chosen. After he performed, host Ryan Seacrest noted that he appeared to be upset. When asked Alexander responded ""This sucks, We've got two of the best vocalists, my best friend [Joey Cook] sitting over there. This whole thing is whack, but I'm going to shut up right now."" Seacrest then replied saying that this"
"Gillen portraying the comedian. Dave Allen (comedian) David Tynan O'Mahony (6 July 193610 March 2005), better known as Dave Allen, was an Irish observational comedian and satirist. Initially becoming known in Australia during 1963–64, Allen made regular television appearances in the United Kingdom from the later 1960s and until the mid-1980s. The BBC aired his ""Dave Allen Show"" 1972–1986, which was also exported to several other European countries. His career had a major resurgence during the late 1980s and early 1990s. At the height of his career he was Britain's most controversial comedian, regularly provoking indignation at his frequent highlighting"
"campaign to bring Magnus back into the show was started by her fans. ""American Idol"" faced criticism for implications of gender and ethnic bias in its finalists; for five consecutive seasons—seven through eleven—the winner of ""American Idol"" was a guitar-playing, Caucasian male. The string of winners led to complaints by critics, who classified them as being a ""white guy with guitar"" (WGWG), and felt that the likely winner of the program had become too predictable due to the repeated victories by such performers. The first five contestants eliminated from the finals in the tenth season were all female, which led"
"dual-themed week of songs written by Leiber and Stoller and songs presently on the Billboard charts. During his run on the show, Savol was affectionately dubbed ""Scotty the Body"" by ""Idol"" host Ryan Seacrest. The fact that Savol outlasted many singers who were often considered superior to him (such as Nikko Smith, Nadia Turner, Constantine Maroulis, Jessica Sierra and Anwar Robinson) led many commentators to speculate that a portion of Savol's ""fan base"" actually consisted of people who were attempting to destroy the credibility of ""American Idol"" by voting for someone they considered the worst finalist. Other people suggested Savol"
"Cowell. The judging panel for the last three seasons on Fox consisted of singers Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez, and Harry Connick, Jr. The sixteenth season brought three new judges: singers Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan. The first season was hosted by radio personality Ryan Seacrest and comedian Brian Dunkleman, but Seacrest remained as the sole master of ceremonies for the rest of the series. The success of ""American Idol"" has been described as ""unparalleled in broadcasting history"". A rival TV executive said the series was ""the most impactful show in the history of television"". It became a recognized"